Apurva Asrani

Apurva Asrani (born 21 March 1978) is a National Award winning film maker, film editor and screenwriter based in Mumbai, India. He has a multimedia body of work in film, television and theatre and is best known for editing films like Satya, Shahid & City Lights.

Early career

Apurva began his career in 1995 as an assistant on the Bollywood countdown show Bpl Oye! that aired on Channel V. At 19 he became a film editor on the film Satya, directed by Ramgopal Varma. He then went on to edit Sunhil Sippy's bilingual comedy Snip!

Asrani

Govardhan Asrani, popularly known simply as Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood career has spanned five decades. He has played in both Gujarati and Hindi films, and his roles include lead hero performances, character roles, comedic roles, as well as supporting parts.

Early life

Asrani was born in a middle class HinduSindhi family. His father migrated to Jaipur after the Partition of India and opened a shop selling carpets. He has four sisters and three brothers: two elder and one younger. Asrani was highly uninterested in business and very weak in mathematics. He completed his matriculation from St. Xaviers School and did his graduation from Rajasthan College, Jaipur. He simultaneously worked as a voice artist at All India Radio, Jaipur, to pay for his education. His ultimate aim was to become an actor.

He is married to actress Manju (nee Bansal), with whom he fell in love working together in films like Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar and Tapasya. In Aaj Ki Taza Khabar, Asrani played as Champak Boomia / Amit Desai and Manju played role of Kesari Desai and for this role Asrani won Filmfare Award for Best Comedian. Later the couple acted in Hum Nahin Sudhrenge, a home production directed by Asrani in 1980.

Asrani (surname)

Asrani is a common surname among HinduSindhis
Unlike Other Hindu Sindhi's, Asrani's migrated to India, as Sindh was given to Pakistan in Partition.
Many of them migrated to other countries like U.S.A, U.K., etc, Majority of Asrani's are in Mumbai, Maharashtra and CA, US.

Asrani's are "Hindu's", Minority are Sindhi Sikh.

Most of the Sindhi Surnames end with either '-ja' or -'-ani'.
-ani in the surname refers to clan,or name of their forefathers.
for e.g,People having Mulchandani Surname,Here Mulchand is the name of their ancestor.

The original inhabitants of ancient Sindh were believed to be aboriginal tribes speaking languages of the Indus Valley Civilization around 3300BC. Moen-jo-Daro is the symbol of Indus Valley Civilization in World.